Video · 31:18BR Labs · Episode 12
Solvers and Intents with Alex Vinyas: History, Utility and the Agentic Future
Alex Vinyas of CoW Swap on batch auctions, solver competition and the role of intents in agent-driven execution.
Podcasts · Appearances · Press
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Alongside his work at BR Labs, Rezo Shmertz participates in industry panels and contributes commentary on crypto markets, investing and financial technology. This page brings together podcast episodes, including guest and company discussions, scheduled appearances, published features and company announcements.
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Podcasts & appearancesVideo · 31:18
Video · 42:47Epic Web3 · panel
Stablecoins Under the Hood: Architecture for Global Liquidity
A panel conversation on stablecoin infrastructure and global liquidity.
Event photoGFTN · Tbilisi Finance Summit
What’s Next for Stablecoins in the Region
An appearance at the Tbilisi Finance Summit, documented in GFTN’s event gallery.
More BR Labs podcasts
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How the Desk Was Built, Partners' Capital First & Discipline
How the desk developed around partners' own capital, quantitative research and responsibility for risk.
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VC After AI Concentration, the Desk Map & One Unified Book
Venture investing after AI concentration, the trading desk’s structure and a unified trading book.
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Early Bets, Liquid vs Venture & Why Math Is Honest
The fund’s early investments, liquid versus venture investing, and lessons from building conviction.
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Tokenized Equities, Robinhood Distribution & Crypto Still King
Tokenized equities, Robinhood’s distribution and their implications for crypto market flows.
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Bitcoin at $80K, Market Triggers & Wrappers vs Native Assets
Bitcoin from the perspectives of a holder and a trading desk, market triggers, and wrappers versus native on-chain assets.
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Intent Economy, Solvers & Agentic Trading
Intent-based trading, solver auctions and BRRRolver’s work on Base and Ethereum.
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Tokenized RWAs, Open vs Permissioned DeFi & Retail’s New Role
Tokenized assets, institutional distribution versus composability, and retail’s changing role in DeFi.
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Robinhood’s Gated DeFi, Ethereum Rails & Nation-State Bitcoin
Robinhood’s gated DeFi distribution, Ethereum’s settlement role and lessons from El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption experiments.
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Solana After FTX, OUSD Redistribution & Retail Conviction
Solana after FTX, OUSD redistribution and the role of retail conviction.
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AI as the New Baseline, Trust Over UX & Sharpening Conviction
AI in crypto, institutional trust and how investment conviction develops.
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Ethereum, Conviction & What Gets Passed to the Next Generation
Ethereum’s role, conviction through market cycles and what gets passed to the next generation.
Scheduled appearances
GFTN · Scheduled moderator
Cross-Border Financial Innovation: Defining What the Region Can Test Together
Rezo Shmertz is listed as moderator for this Tbilisi Finance Summit roundtable on regional financial infrastructure.
Scheduled for
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Investor Thesis in 2027: Headwinds and Tailwinds
A scheduled Tbilisi Finance Summit panel on the investment outlook for fintech, AI and financial infrastructure, with Rezo Shmertz among the listed participants.
Scheduled for
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Rezo Shmertz · Event recap
HSC Asset Management Singapore
Rezo Shmertz's photo recap of the Trezor and Stellar stage at HSC Asset Management Singapore.
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MarketersMEDIA · Company announcement
The First Ten BR Labs Podcast Episodes
A dated announcement about the first ten episodes. The current collection also includes subsequent episodes.
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BRRR DAO Becomes BR Labs
The company explains the move to the BR Labs name, the continuity of its research and engineering, and BRRRolver's established product name.
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Public Access to the Bitcoin Cycle Tracker
BR Capital's announcement introducing public access to its Bitcoin cycle research dashboard.
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BRRRolver and the Agentic Economy
BR Labs' company announcement about BRRRolver, its solver for executing user-defined trading outcomes on CoW Protocol.
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Selected coverageCryptoPotato · Sponsored feature
Tokenized Securities vs Ownership: What Investors Really Own
A sponsored feature examining tokenized securities, underlying ownership rights and the legal arrangements behind asset wrappers.
Read coverage ↗Read summary →TechTimes · Published feature
How Confidential Computing Is Driving the Next Era of Enterprise AI
A feature by Carl Williams on confidential AI infrastructure, including Rezo Shmertz's work with BR Capital and Super Protocol.
Read coverage ↗Read summary →Crypto Briefing · Quoted commentary
Strategy, Bitcoin, and the cost of conviction
Crypto Briefing cited Rezo’s response to Peter Schiff’s comparison of Strategy’s Bitcoin returns, including the timing of its purchases.
Read coverage ↗Read summary →CryptoSlate · Quoted commentary
Corporate L1s and regulatory arbitrage
CryptoSlate quotes Rezo’s contrasting view in a debate on public and corporate blockchains.
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